This is a quick post to follow up on the NBC soccer channel news. I spent the past 24 hours pretty much watching this channel. And I have three real thoughts:
– I thought I had gotten Marcelo Balboa out of my life, but nooooo. He just had to be on the U.S.-Japan match, didn’t he? Well, At least he had JP Dellacamara to make him sound less like a dolt.
– The quality of play is decent, but a considerably lower level than the Euro 2008, and the pitches so far are less than stellar. No wonder Brazil couldn’t move the ball against Belgium. They played on the same grass as in my back yard!
– Soccer really needs to be in HD all the time. Every match looks amazing. On the down side, it exposes how bad the fields look when they shoot close-up. Also, it’s painfully obvious that the secondary match announcers are in New York and not China, as they often miss names and plays because it’s obvious they only have two or three monitors to look at. Also, they seem to imply that they ARE in China, but I know that’s not the case. Let’s hope this gets beter quick.
The prelims are always a bit boring, but I was glad to see this channel playing matches all day. In previous Games, there’s no way I would have gotten the Argentina match or the Italy flop-fest victory. So a Bronze medal to NBC for this channel, and if the announcing and matches improve, they have a shot at a gold!
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